Falz speaks at the June 12 protest in Lagos. Photo credit: Screenshot/News Central
Afrobeats singer and activist, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, on Friday criticised the Federal Government over worsening insecurity and economic hardship, urging Nigerians to use the democratic process to express their dissatisfaction with governance.
Falz spoke while addressing demonstrators at the June 12 protest in Lagos, where a coalition of civil society organisations, trade unions, youth groups, community associations, social movements and faith-based groups gathered to protest rising insecurity and the cost-of-living crisis.
The singer said the country was grappling with increasing cases of kidnappings and killings, lamenting what he described as the government’s failure to adequately protect citizens.
“Apart from the insane corruption and gross mismanagement of our resources, I think everybody can see the worsening insecurity. It’s unbearable now,” he said.
